EDN

HDMI ESD protection compliance and design strategies

Signal integrity and performance is critical for maintaining the quality of HDMI's GHz signals, as well as achieving compliance to the HDMI standard. Manufacturing requirements for ESD protection, ...
EDN

ESD protection design for discrete semiconductors

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is caused by the discharge of an excess or deficiency of electrons on one surface with respect to another surface or to ground. When a static charge is present on an ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Ensuring ESD Protection Verification With Industry-Standard Checks

Electronic design automation (EDA) verification of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is a complex task. Different integrated circuit (IC) design companies use different ESD protection ...
Business Wire

Research and Markets: Electrostatic Discharge (ESD): A Comprehensive Design and Synthesis Guide for Semiconductor, Circuit & ESD Engineers

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/22f186/esd_design_and_sy) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons ...
Machine Design

Four Ways to Enhance ESD Protection After Your Design Flunks Its ESD Test

•ESD protectors with low dynamic resistance won’t necessarily protect circuits. •Most damage is caused within the first nanosecond of an ESD event. •The ESD protector should set as close as possible ...
The Mercury

Remcom Introduces Transient EM/Circuit Co-Simulation for TVS Diode ESD Protection Analysis

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Remcom announces an update to XFdtd(R) 3D EM Simulation Software, with transient EM/circuit co-simulation for electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing and ...
Design-Reuse

SMIC Offers a Full Set of ESD Protection Service to Enhance the Whole Chip ESD Design for Customers

SHANGHAI -- March 25, 2014-- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"，NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981), China's largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry, announced today that a full ...
Semiconductor Engineering

2.5/3D IC Reliability Verification Has Come A Long Way

2.5D/3D integrated circuits (ICs) have evolved into an innovative solution for many IC design and integration challenges. As shown in figure 1, 2.5D ICs have multiple dies placed side-by-side on a ...
New Electronics

Choose ESD protection devices sooner rather than later to avoid schedule slippage

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